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Windows 7: Removing Vista drive from dual boot with W7

I have Vista on one drive and Windows 7 on a separate hdd dual booting.I want to remove the Vista drive and only retain Windows 7, so that I only need to have one drive to boot from and to backup the Windows 7 OS drive.I have no further use for Vista, I haven’t used it for months. Space no problem, just a nuisance to have to include it in the image backup and make larger files.Vista is drive C: Windows 7 is F:I have 32 bit Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade disks and Repair disk.4 hdd’s installed and 2 DVD Writers.Any help on an easy solution would be much appreciated.

I can't see how that will make any difference, I believe I have posted the relavent info, ie; Vista on one drive Windows 7 added on second drive.
Obviously removing the Vista drive will stop Windows 7 from booting.
I can't insert image it's asking for url.

OK, disconnect the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) that Vista is on then as Windows 7 is already marked as "Active" you should be able to do the 3 separate startup repairs with the system restarts between each repair to rebuild the boot files to the Windows 7 partition.

After W_7 is booting on it's own connect the Vista HDD back up and you can do as you wish with it though you may be able to boot the 2 independently using the BIOS boot priority menu.

Have a look at the tutorial at the link below for more info on the subject.

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